by Jennifer C. Braceras | Nov 7, 2019 | America, Law, Politics
The Boston Globe | Op-Ed | November 7, 2019 Many commentators are breathlessly reporting that America is on the brink of a constitutional crisis. They’re right, but not in the sense that they imagine. Political scientists and law professors define a “constitutional...
by Jennifer C. Braceras | Oct 28, 2019 | Massachusetts, National
The Boston Globe | Op-Ed | October 28, 2019 Just as New York state kicked off a politically motivated trial against ExxonMobil, along comes Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey with a similar claim against the energy giant filed on Thursday in Suffolk Superior...
by Jennifer C. Braceras | Oct 14, 2019 | Massachusetts
The Boston Globe | Op-Ed | October 14, 2019 Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi didn’t go into law enforcement to help people addicted to drugs. But setting those with substance abuse disorder on a path to recovery has become one of his life’s passions. For the past...
by Jennifer C. Braceras | Sep 30, 2019 | Family, Massachusetts, National, Taxes
The Boston Globe | Op-Ed | September 30, 2019 Massachusetts workers are about to feel the pinch of a new payroll tax. Starting in October, the state will begin collecting money from workers to fund the Massachusetts paid leave law, which (starting in 2021) will...
by Jennifer C. Braceras | Sep 25, 2019 | Law, Race & Gender
The Hill | Opinion | September 25, 2019 An unholy alliance between trial lawyers and #MeToo activists is pressuring lawmakers to eliminate an important alternative to costly and time-consuming lawsuits: arbitration. These opponents of arbitration suggest that victims...
